For Muslims around the world, it remains the spiritual focal point — the direction toward which they pray five times a day.

Saudi Arabia has replaced the Kaaba’s Kiswa as the Hijrah year 1447 begins. The Kaaba is considered the "House of Allah" and ...

With the arrival of the Islamic year 1447 on the Hijri calendar, Saudi Arabia has once again renewed the Kiswah, the covering of the Kaaba, the most ...

NEWS: The 1st of Muharram 1447 has commenced after Maghrib on Wednesday 25th June 2025 The moon was sighted in Saudi Arabia ...

The Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia and the Sultan of Sokoto have officially declared Thursday, June 26, 2025, as the start of ...

President Prabowo performs Umrah in Mecca and meets Saudi Crown Prince, pledging joint humanitarian support for Gaza during ...

MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — For some ... on Friday. Many pilgrims went to Mecca afterwards to circuit the Kaaba, the black, cube-shaped structure in the holy city, and walk between the hills of Safa and ...

Muslim pilgrims circumambulate the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on June 11, 2024. (Rafiq Maqbool / ASSOCIATED PRESS) ...

The kingdom has installed hundreds of coolers and cracked down on unregistered Muslim pilgrims, after 1,300 people died last year.

A press statement published by the Presidential Secretariat said that during the pilgrimage, Prabowo took the time to pray inside the Kaaba, the holiest site in Islam, and got the chance to kiss the ...